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**Fred J. McCall**

(Richard Casady) wrote:

:On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:15:16 -0700, Fred J. McCall
wrote:
:
(Richard Casady) wrote:
:
::On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:09:47 -0700, Fred J. McCall
wrote:
::
::If mere money would do it, Saudi Arabia would have a huge carrier
::aviation organization.
::
::They don't.
::
::
::I think ...
::
:
:No, you don't, and that's the root of your problem.
:
::
::... not wanting any has more to do with it. Argentina had a
::carrier, after all.
::
:
:Argentina had several (serially). They never built one. They never
:operated the old obsolete ones they purchased at all effectively. They
:were quite small and operated only small numbers of obsolescent
:aircraft.
:
:This is the example you want to use to prove that Russia can ab initio
:create modern carrier strike groups faster than ANY nation has ever
:managed to do?
:
:No mention of Russia anywhere near my post. The comparison was
:Argentina and Saudi Arabia. The Russians do seem willing to sell
:anything to anybody. And the Saudis have got the cash. The question of
:WTF would the arabs want with a second rate carrier force seems to
:have been answered: they don't want it. They maybe need a few boats
:with 57mm or three inch. They need a coast guard, is all.
:

Read the subject line. Then follow the thread back so you know what
the hell is being talked about.

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